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Show HN: Intergram – Free live chat widget linked to your Telegram messenger

71 points by idoco 10y ago

nerdponx 10y ago
I was pretty surprised to find this had nothing to do with Instagram.
- idoco 10y ago
  Hmm... I get that :) Do you have a better name for it ?
  - michaelbuckbee 10y ago
    Telegram + Widget = Telegidget Short. Sounds like a real word, and from a quick googling doesn't seem to be being used by anything else (open source or commercial).
    - pricechild 10y ago
      Telegadget? meh... malaysian phone company or something. I just don't like the 'i'.
    - idoco 10y ago
      Not bad, maybe I'll open an issue on GitHub and let people vote on the name.
  - Null-Set 10y ago
    Some sort of pun involving telegraph and web is lurking out there.
    - RileyKyeden 10y ago
      Waph Rhymes with waff. Fits one of Telegram's bigger demographics, too. (waff is a furry synonym for wolf)
  - mcjiggerlog 10y ago
    Telechat?
  - pryelluw 10y ago
    Webgram Gramlet Widgram Teleget Teleget ???
- pedroborges 10y ago
  I thought it had something to do with Instagram DM linked to Telegram… Other than that I really liked the idea and implementation, great work! It's something I'd use in the future.
- antsar 10y ago
  Perhaps ironically, this would be against their API terms. > You cannot use "insta", "gram" or "Instagram" in your company or product name. Source: https://www.instagram.com/developer/ https://www.instagram.com/developer/
marksomnian 10y ago
Interesting. I wonder how this could be used to have multiple people read and reply to messages? Perhaps the Intergram bot could be linked to a group chat...
- idoco 10y ago
  Yeah, it should work in groups. I really like the idea of building another bot to do some auto replies, kinda like a "micro-bot" architecture.
gespadas 10y ago
This is amazing!!! Thanks :-)
- idoco 10y ago
  Thanks :)
phaed 10y ago
Came here for Instagram.
slig 10y ago
Thanks! I've just implemented on this fairly new website https://www.brainzilla.com/ https://www.brainzilla.com/ I had a few ideas for widgets that sit there and are only loaded when the user interacts with it and your implementation will be perfect for me to understand how it's done. Thanks again!
- idoco 10y ago
  I've implemented a pretty naive solution, I guess there are better ways to do that. You can it here https://github.com/idoco/intergram/blob/master/src/widget/widget-index.js https://github.com/idoco/intergram/blob/master/src/widget/wi...
TheFullStack 10y ago
I see you're using React on this - cool. If my site already uses React, will your widget import React again?
- idoco 10y ago
  I'm using preact, it's a very light version of react. The whole initial js bundle is less than 6kb (gziped) https://preactjs.com https://preactjs.com
  - fvargas 10y ago
    It may make sense to publish a self-contained component in an npm package
fvargas 10y ago
Does the Telegram API offer any way for direct ephemeral communication between users and Telegram's servers so as to not require an intermediary server?
- ReverseCold 10y ago
  Yeah. https://core.telegram.org/ https://core.telegram.org/
  - idoco 10y ago
    I think this will require the user to login and have a Telegram account (which I didn't wanted to rely on), but I might be wrong.
  - fvargas 10y ago
    My question asks if it is possible to use Telegram's API to communicate with someone in a way that does not require the user to create or authenticate with an account. But it may require a loosely permissive authorization token provided by the person with whom the user wishes to communicate. Intergram achieves this (if I understand correctly) by using an intermediary server between the user and Telegram's API. What I'm further asking is if the same behavior is possible without the intermediary server.

71 points by idoco 10y ago

nerdponx 10y ago

I was pretty surprised to find this had nothing to do with Instagram.

idoco 10y ago
Hmm... I get that :) Do you have a better name for it ?
- michaelbuckbee 10y ago
  Telegram + Widget = Telegidget Short. Sounds like a real word, and from a quick googling doesn't seem to be being used by anything else (open source or commercial).
  - pricechild 10y ago
    Telegadget? meh... malaysian phone company or something. I just don't like the 'i'.
  - idoco 10y ago
    Not bad, maybe I'll open an issue on GitHub and let people vote on the name.
- Null-Set 10y ago
  Some sort of pun involving telegraph and web is lurking out there.
  - RileyKyeden 10y ago
    Waph Rhymes with waff. Fits one of Telegram's bigger demographics, too. (waff is a furry synonym for wolf)
- mcjiggerlog 10y ago
  Telechat?
- pryelluw 10y ago
  Webgram Gramlet Widgram Teleget Teleget ???
pedroborges 10y ago
I thought it had something to do with Instagram DM linked to Telegram… Other than that I really liked the idea and implementation, great work! It's something I'd use in the future.
antsar 10y ago
Perhaps ironically, this would be against their API terms. > You cannot use "insta", "gram" or "Instagram" in your company or product name. Source: https://www.instagram.com/developer/ https://www.instagram.com/developer/

marksomnian 10y ago

Interesting. I wonder how this could be used to have multiple people read and reply to messages? Perhaps the Intergram bot could be linked to a group chat...

idoco 10y ago
Yeah, it should work in groups. I really like the idea of building another bot to do some auto replies, kinda like a "micro-bot" architecture.

gespadas 10y ago

This is amazing!!! Thanks :-)

idoco 10y ago
Thanks :)

phaed 10y ago

Came here for Instagram.

slig 10y ago

Thanks! I've just implemented on this fairly new website https://www.brainzilla.com/ https://www.brainzilla.com/ I had a few ideas for widgets that sit there and are only loaded when the user interacts with it and your implementation will be perfect for me to understand how it's done. Thanks again!

idoco 10y ago
I've implemented a pretty naive solution, I guess there are better ways to do that. You can it here https://github.com/idoco/intergram/blob/master/src/widget/widget-index.js https://github.com/idoco/intergram/blob/master/src/widget/wi...

TheFullStack 10y ago

I see you're using React on this - cool. If my site already uses React, will your widget import React again?

idoco 10y ago
I'm using preact, it's a very light version of react. The whole initial js bundle is less than 6kb (gziped) https://preactjs.com https://preactjs.com
- fvargas 10y ago
  It may make sense to publish a self-contained component in an npm package

fvargas 10y ago

Does the Telegram API offer any way for direct ephemeral communication between users and Telegram's servers so as to not require an intermediary server?

ReverseCold 10y ago
Yeah. https://core.telegram.org/ https://core.telegram.org/
- idoco 10y ago
  I think this will require the user to login and have a Telegram account (which I didn't wanted to rely on), but I might be wrong.
- fvargas 10y ago
  My question asks if it is possible to use Telegram's API to communicate with someone in a way that does not require the user to create or authenticate with an account. But it may require a loosely permissive authorization token provided by the person with whom the user wishes to communicate. Intergram achieves this (if I understand correctly) by using an intermediary server between the user and Telegram's API. What I'm further asking is if the same behavior is possible without the intermediary server.